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Peter Buneman is currently a Professor of Database Systems at the University of Edinburgh, affiliated with the School of Informatics and the Foundations of Computer Science Laboratory. Previously, he held a Professor of Computer Science position at the University of Pennsylvania from 1975 to 2001, progressing from assistant to full professor.
Education:
- PhD in Mathematics (1970), University of Warwick (Supervisor: E.C. Zeeman)
- MA in Mathematics (1966), University of Cambridge
Research Interests: His work spans databases (semistructured data, XML, data provenance, distributed databases), programming languages (type systems, functional languages, semantics), and interdisciplinary areas like mathematical phylogeny, neural models, and applications of computers in the humanities. He has also contributed to database interfaces, knowledge bases, and data modeling.
Scientific Awards:
- Member of the Order of the British Empire (2013)
- Fellow of the Royal Society (2009)
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (2004)
- Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award (2002)
- ACM Fellow (1999)
- Multiple Test of Time Awards (SIGMOD, ICDT)
- Broadband Awards from Nextgen Challenge and European Commission
Additional Roles: Served as Graduate Chairman at University of Pennsylvania (1981-1987) and held visiting research positions at INRIA (France), Kyoto University (Japan), and Imperial College London.
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